What's up in the solar system in September 2010
30 Aug 2010, 22:24 UTC
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA; image courtesy of Akihiro Ikeshita
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This month there will be approximately a hundred different planetary science meetings (a list of which is at the end of this post). In the meantime, business goes on as usual in space, with the biggest event this month being the start of Deep Impact's Encounter Phase with comet 103P/Hartley 2. It's headed for a 700-kilometer flyby on November 4. Here's the rundown of what's happening across the solar system: In the inner solar ....
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